Milwaukee movies off the grid

'Concorde' lands at Turner

The 1970s was the decade for all-star cast disaster epics - until movies like "The Concorde: Airport '79" brought it crashing down to earth.

The supersonic flop starred George Kennedy and Alain Delon as pilots on the giant jet's "goodwill" run, with Robert Wagner as an arms dealer bent on shooting down the plane to erase evidence that he sold weapons to communist countries during the Cold War. Eddie Albert, Susan Blakely, Charo, John Davidson, Jimmie Walker, Avery Schreiber and countless other refugees from 1970s TV game shows co-star.

So why watch it? Saturday night at Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. 4th St., Bob Madden and Brian Nelson of WHQG-FM (102.9) skewer "Airport '79" in another of their "Bob and Brian's Donkumentaries," wherein the morning-show duo belittle, berate and otherwise riff on the goings-on on-screen while the movie's showing.

About Chris Foran

Chris Foran is an assistant entertainment editor, overseeing the Tap Weekend, Tap Daily, Good Morning and TV Cue sections. He also writes about movies, books, pop culture and fun stuff to do in Milwaukee.